India on Friday reported 45,352 new Covid-19 cases and 366 fatalities, data from Union Health Ministry showed.
Of these, Kerala reported 32,097 new infections and 188 deaths on Thursday.
The total death toll mounted to 4,39,895.
India's active cases now stand at 3,99,778. Meanwhile, 3,20,63,616 people have so far recovered with 34,791 recoveries over the past 24 hours.
The active cases comprised 1.22 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.45 per cent, the ministry said.
An increase of 10,195 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
As many as 16,66,334 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 52,65,35,068.
The daily positivity rate was recorded 2.72 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.66 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 70 days, according to the ministry.
A total of 67.09 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.
The 366 new fatalities include 188 from Kerala, and 55 from Maharashtra.A total of 4,39,895 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,37,551 from Maharashtra, 37,361 from Karnataka, 34,961 from Tamil Nadu, 25,082 from Delhi, 22,841 from Uttar Pradesh, 21,149 from Kerala and 18,472 from West Bengal.
The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
(With PTI inputs)